BBC: The Voice of Britain

BBC: The Voice of Britain

1935
59min

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDonald—into a kinetic portrait of how the BBC’s national “voice” is made.

BBC: The Voice of Britain

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A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDonald—into a kinetic portrait of how the BBC’s national “voice” is made.
    Released
    28 July 1935
    Runtime
    59min
    Director
    Budget
    $7,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    GPO Film Unit
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